CVE-2018-6198

CVSS V2 Low 3.3 CVSS V3 Medium 4.7
Description
w3m through 0.5.3 does not properly handle temporary files when the ~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-6198
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-01-25T03:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:w3m_project:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.5.3
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 3.3
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.7
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753 Third Party Advisory Patch
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/18dcbadf2771cdb0c18509b14e4e73505b242753 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/888097 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102855 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3555-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00028.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6198
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6198
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:43:57 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 01:29:03 2018-01-25T03:29Z 2018-01-25T03:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 01:29:04 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 01:29:04 Modified Vulnerability Status updated